BREAKING: scientists hold back tears and shake their heads sadly as they explain utterly compromised COP29 climate conference was meant to be the last chance to organise rapid and deep emissions cuts for any chance of staying well below essentially unsurvivable 2°C 🧵
Wow - 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded, even surpassing the scorching temps of 2023. It was the first year to officially exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. With a record year for climate disasters, it's clear: we're a long way from (the goals set in) #Paris.
We have already breached the 2 C threshold on a few occasions even if only temporarily
Victory for Trump is death sentence for a livable planet
There are no second chances
Humanity has made the decision to extinct itself